If I understand this correctly, Adobe's AIR development tools let you generate iPhone apps. These would be self-contained—you wouldn't install AIR on an iOS device and run an AIR app on top of that. And it's dependent on the developer choosing to target iOS in the first place.
– Adam RiceAug 23 '11 at 23:45

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It looks like the AIR runtime is actually embedded into each ios app according to the developer release notes.
– PaulAug 24 '11 at 9:41

Sure. It is only native in the sense that the AIR runtime and AIR app are not separate. If you read the developer notes you will find the AIR runtime is packaged in with the AIR app. This was a sensible compromise.
– PaulAug 25 '11 at 22:21